| Acronym | Meaning |
| CCSP | U.S. Climate Change Science Program |
| APL | Average Power Laser |
| SST | Sea Surface Temperature |
| AOD | Argon-oxygen Decarbonization |
| GSA | General Services Administration |
| TECAMS | Technical Conference On Automated Meteorological Systems |
| TROPAL | Tropical Alert Group |
| NTSB | National Transportation Safety Board |
| GDPS | Global Data Processing System |
| VOR | Visual Omnirange |